Anyone else a fan of the series? Are you looking forward to Diablo 3? Speculation is that it could still possibly release at the end of this year, although they're just about to start Beta testing, so I'm sure it depends on how many problems they encounter during Beta.

Personally I'm willing to give it a try. I'm so frugal though that it may kill my game play experience as I'd be too focused on making money. I can't imagine ever buying gear myself, just selling anything of any real value that I come across. You'll also be able to put your gold up for sell too, so if gear doesn't sell for a bunch, I might at least play the gold(stock) market. I'm sort of concerned that some rich a-hole will get into the AH and buy everything worth any value and re-list the items at an artifically inflated price...that can work to other people's advantage if they're sellers, but ultimately screws over buyers regardless.

Cant fault them at all for the AH. Cant see myself buying from it personaly, but thats okay because it doesnt take away from my expirience. If it makes them a bit more money, and gives me a chance of making money too if i get lucky. Win?

I was so looking forward to this, but its just turning out to be FTP version of WoW with an AH cash shop.

Excuse me but how? Sure you need to be online constantly to play, but that doesnt mean its a mutliplayer game like WoW at all. Its just to stop piracy and cheating. In this day and age a constant internet connection shouldnt be hard for someone who plays video games, and as i said before if you dont like the cash AH, dont use it. Grind for your gear just like you used to and pretend it doesnt exsist.

I played Diablo I (+ Hellfire) and Diablo II (+ LoD) an insane amount of time and loved every second of it.I'm not really looking forward to it, since I'm very sceptical about it (even if they have Leonard Boyarsky ^^)

Sure you need to be online constantly to play, but that doesnt mean its a mutliplayer game like WoW at all. Its just to stop piracy and cheating. In this day and age a constant internet connection shouldnt be hard for someone who plays video games, and as i said before if you dont like the cash AH, dont use it.

Companies have done it before. It's not so simple as "Lol I'm on the internet all the time", it's "I HAVE TO BE ON THE INTERNET CONSTANTLY." Internet go out for a minute? Loltoobad gamecrash. Internet connection slow down for a minute? Loltoobad gamecrash.

And the auction house is just Actiblizzard trying to beat the gold sellers.

You know, iwouldnt have a problem with all this crap that is supposed to stop piracy while making my life miserable, if it actually worked. All games are being pirated, but companies keep inventing troublesome technologies... its annoying.

I don't really get the comments on the look, It looks like a diablo game, except a little less dark. But a dark desert would be retarded. I love the way the game seems, I'd fucking love it if it were just a game, instead of them going "Hey, we can get more money if we do this this this this this and this!"

As far as I know, yes, that is what is happening. And out of all of this, if you're someone who plays WoW regularly, you are suffering pretty much not at all, so I can understand a lot of people not having beef.